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Tarentola delalandii (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1836)

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Higher TaxaPhyllodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tenerife Wall Gecko
G: Kanarischer Mauergecko, Kanarengecko 
SynonymPlatydactylus delalandii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 324
Gecko (Platydactylus) Delalandii — WEBB & BERTHELOT 1839
Tarentola delalandii — GRAY 1845: 165
Tarentola delalandii — BOULENGER 1885: 199
Tarentola delalandii delalandii — LOVERIDGE 1947: 331
Tarentola delalandii — WERMUTH 1965: 179
Tarentola (Makariogecko) delalandii — JOGER 1984
Tarentola delalandii — KLUGE 1993
Tarentola (Makariogecko) delalandii — CARRANZA et al. 2000
Tarentola delalandii — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 
DistributionTenerife, La Palma (Canary Islands) [Spain]

Type locality: Tenerife [see comment].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2275 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (32 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNot listed by Engelmann et al. (1993). WERMUTH (1965) and other authors include boettgeri, gigas and rudis as subspecies of T. delalandii. DUMÉRIL & BIBRON (1836) included as type localities also “Madeira and Senegal”. 
EtymologyNamed after Pierre Antoine Delalande (1787-1823) who worked for the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. He collected in South America and South Africa with Andrew Smith (1818) and others. Later Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire employed him as a taxidermist. 
References
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